Ammo paint

[Guest]

Just out of interest do you know if any kit manufacturers have Ammo paint call outs?

not at the moment, no. They are too new a paint manufacturer. 


That is why, if you are a newbie, it would be better to go with one of the major paint brands, such as Mr Hobby, which you can find mostly everywhere. Tamiya is simply a mess to convert, and in my opinion, a pain. Mr Hobby have the most accurate paint matches around anyway.

[John]

Just out of interest do you know if any kit manufacturers have Ammo paint call outs?

I've just emailed Ammo and they said


In fact Takom kits include our Paint instructions in exclusive since more than 2 years ago :-) We also collaborate with:


-Mirror models


-tiger models


-Ryefield models


-Great Wall Hobbies


-Model collect


-Kinetic


-Miniart


Some of those brands only include our instructions since 6 months ago.


Others since 1-2 years ago.


And soon we will collaborate with AFV Club. Tasca/Azuka is also on our list

[Guest]

I thought the same until I tried thinning it with cellulose thinner! Mind you, it's poor brush painting characteristics gave me a clue - it's very similar to Tamiya acrylics in that respect.


If you've got some Tamiya retarder, why not give it a try? After all, most techniques we use come from someone trying new things

I tried it on Saturday and the Tamiya retarder worked fine. In the airbrush the paint took a couple of hours to dry and I had no cases of dry tip. I only did some small brush painting but I got great coverage and 'roll up'.


John thanks for taking the time to do that, it will come in handy. I also emailed the free app IModelKit and got a message back from [COLOR=rgb(0,0,0)]Pierre-Alain Réveillon who told me that there's a new version 2 of the app that should be out at the end of July and that it will contain the paint ranges from Ammo and AK-Interactive. I don't know if you use this app at all but it can be used as a paint conversion chart and has a load of different manufacturers.[/COLOR]

[Guest]

I tried to edit and couldn't, anyway above should read "no 'roll up'".